President Trump of the United States suddenly announced via Truth Social after the National Prayer Day event that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (Mike Waltz) will step down and be nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

This personnel change occurred just hours after reports surfaced that Waltz was about to be removed, causing a stir in the outside world.

The new appointment still requires confirmation by the Senate, but Republicans can push the nomination through with a simple majority. Currently, some Democratic senators, although not expecting Waltz's replacement, still express certain support for his new position.

Waltz's departure marks the first cabinet-level member to be replaced in Trump's second term. This appointment change is directly related to the "Signalgate" scandal. Waltz became the biggest security crisis of this term in the Trump administration due to mistakenly adding a media editor to the confidential military strike group related to the Yemeni Houthi armed group, resulting in the leakage of the combat plan.

In response to this controversy, Trump gave certain affirmation of Waltz's past performance in the post: "From the battlefield to Congress to the White House, Mike has always placed national interests first. I believe he will do so in his new position."

At the same time, Trump also announced that current Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Marco Rubio) would temporarily take over as National Security Advisor. Rubio has repeatedly played the role of "firefighter" in the Trump administration in recent years, including temporarily serving as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development and Archivist of the United States National Archives.

Regarding the successor, it is rumored that Trump may consider appointing current Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff (Steve Witkoff), who has met with Putin multiple times and has considerable influence in diplomacy.

Trump had previously nominated Elise Stefanik, a member of the New York State Assembly, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, but withdrew the nomination out of consideration to maintain the Republican seats in the House of Representatives. Trump explained, "In advancing the 'America First' agenda, we must hold onto every Republican seat."

The outbreak of the "Signalgate" incident put Waltz in the eye of public opinion. He indirectly caused the full exposure of confidential information by mistakenly adding The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg (Jeffrey Goldberg) to a Signal group containing 17 senior officials. Although Trump did not immediately remove him at that time, one of the reasons was "not giving Goldberg the satisfaction," but the scandal had already seriously affected Waltz's credibility in the West Wing.

Journalist Mark Halperin (Mark Halperin) was the first to report that there was a high level of dissatisfaction among the national security system towards Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong, the key reason being doubts about their abilities rather than ideology.

After the incident, Waltz accepted media interviews multiple times but found it difficult to explain why there was Jeffrey Goldberg's number in his contact list. He once responded incoherently on Fox News, saying, "If someone's contact is in your phone and then gets synchronized...". This response was considered unprofessional and failed to convince the public.

It is worth noting that Waltz had publicly criticized Trump during Trump's first presidential campaign: "I can't stand this kind of person... We must stop Trump now." It was revealed that conservative commentator Laura Loomer (Laura Loomer) recently played this old video during her meeting with Trump at the White House. Although Trump claimed that the decision to replace Waltz was unrelated to Loomer, several members of the White House National Security Council were indeed dismissed later.

Currently, the White House National Security Council has not made an official statement regarding Waltz's departure.

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